[bitsensing Newsletter: Radar Insights] August 2024: bitsensing Makes the Forbes Asia 100 to Watch 2024 List

We’ve got some exciting news to share—bitsensing has just been named to the prestigious Forbes Asia 100 to Watch 2024 list! ?? This isn’t just any recognition—it’s a big nod to our cutting-edge work in radar technology and a huge boost for our future growth and impact. We’re beyond thrilled!

A Vision Recognized: 'Radar Everywhere, Better Life with Radar'

At bitsensing, we've always believed in the transformative power of radar technology. Our mission to bring 'Radar Everywhere, Better Life with Radar' with our Radar Reimagined is now gaining global attention. This acknowledgment from Forbes Asia validates our vision and the hard work of our entire team.

We’re incredibly proud of this achievement and even more motivated to continue pushing boundaries and making a difference.

So, What's Next?

We’re not stopping here! We’re gearing up to showcase our technology at some of the most prominent industry events:

• ?? IFA 2024 in Berlin, where we’ll be unveiling the future of smart living.
• ?? ITS World Congress Dubai, bringing our Smart City innovations to the global stage.
• ?? IAA Transportation in Hannover, where we’ll showcase the future of mobility.
• ?? MOVE America in Austin, where we’re contributing to the discussion on the future of vehicles.

And there’s plenty more on the horizon! We have a lot of exciting developments coming up, and we can't wait to share them with you.

Stay with us for further updates!

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?? Mobility

Cruise’s robotaxis are coming to the Uber app in 2025

Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary, said it has signed a multi-year partnership with ride-hailing giant Uber to bring its robotaxis to the ride-hailing platform in 2025. Cruise didn’t say when exactly customers would see its vehicles on Uber’s platform, but a spokesperson told TechCrunch that this partnership will follow the re-launch of Cruise’s own driverless service.

Intel Makes Its Debut Into Automotive Discrete GPUs

At this year's AI Cockpit Innovation Experience, Intel announced its entry into the automotive, discrete GPU (dGPU) market for vehicle cockpits. With the Intel Arc A760A at the core of this solution, Intel Arc Graphics for Automotive supports up to four 4K displays and includes features such as single root input/output virtualization (SR-IOV), which enhances performance by up to 40% in virtualized environments.

Continental’s Automotive Group Sector: First Steps Toward Planned Independence Decided

Continental’s Automotive group sector has taken the first steps toward its planned independence in order to continue to play a key role in shaping the technological transformation in the highly dynamic automotive industry. The carve-out of the User Experience business area for vehicle display solutions announced in December 2023 will be suspended for the foreseeable future.

??Smart Infra

Even AI doubters will love what Google is doing to shorten your commute

No one’s going to blame you for feeling a little burnt out on AI. Artificial intelligence seems like it’s been at the dead center of the tech zeitgeist for so long that it’s enough to have you feeling nostalgic for NFTs. And while there are absolutely situations where it’s being used poorly, or being used in ways that feel threatening, there are others where AI trying to smarten up an ancient, dumb system sounds like the very best thing that could happen for everyone involved.

Traffic lights could be getting a new colour

Red, amber, green – traffic lights are pretty much the same the world over, and have been for more than a century. However, they could one day have a fourth colour added to help traffic flow around driverless vehicles, scientists have proposed. Autonomous vehicles (AV) are still a relatively new concept, with no fully driverless cars on the road yet.

?? Wellness

This female-led UK startup bags ￡2.2M for digital scent tech to improve sleep

OW Smell Made Digital (OW), a tech startup which makes smell digital has raised ￡2.2 million in a pre-series A funding round. UK-based Parkwalk Advisors (which invested in Oxford Endovascular and Psyomics) led the round by investing ￡1.5 million. The investor also led the secured ￡1 million seed round back in 2022. In addition, the company was awarded a ￡0.7 million grant from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, as part of its Investor Partnerships Programme.

Bed Rotting Tops TikTok Trends: Americans Embrace Viral Sleep Habits

ikTok sleep trends are affecting how Americans sleep, according to a recent survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). In the online survey that was released last week, it revealed that 37 percent of the 2,006 Americans who were polled admitted to experimenting with at least one viral sleep trend—and certain groups were more likely to have participated than others.